When I speak with Dominican Sister of Hope Debbie Blow, O.P. on July 23rd, she sounds worried. This is unusual. Sister Debbie has ministered for twenty years in Nicaragua through an organization that she co-founded and is Executive Director of, North Country Mission...
Many of us are quite familiar with the phrase “whatsoever you do” from a traditional Christian Hymn. And while I’m sure it evokes a multitude of thoughts for each of us, I’d like to share one experience I had several years ago that nudged me to...
Take a look at your surroundings. Carpet floors, brick walls, a running air conditioner, electric lights, more rooms than fingers on your hand, all the technology in the world. You are luckier than you could ever imagine. There is a place 4,706.3 miles away where...
Holly Borzacchiello packed anti-inflammatories for her first trip to Nicaragua. A mother of two, she had been working out strenuously, and she needed them for some pain she had experienced recently. However, a few days later, in a rough shelter with a group of...
When Holly Holly Borzacchiello began working for the Dominican Sisters of Hope eleven-and-a-half years ago, she didn’t think she’d end up in Nicaragua. However, this past July, she joined Dominican Sisters of Hope Debbie Blow and Stephanie Frenette on a...
